Homemade Liming Wax for a Weathered Oak Finish

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Share This Page!Homemade Liming Wax for a Weathered Oak Finish This week I showed you my faux Restoration Hardware Console Table. I used a combo of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Coco and a homemade Liming Wax to achieve the weathered oak look I was going for. Today, I’m going to show you how to {Read More…}

Be. YOU. Tiful Link Party #61

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Share This Page!Be. YOU. Tiful Link Party #61 Welcome back to another great party! I am loving all the Spring link ups for this past week! From crafts and decor to lots of great fashion! If your area of the country is just starting to thaw out these will really make you want Spring asap! {Read More…}

Ugly Alert! Avocado Green Console Table To Restoration Hardware Style Beauty

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Share This Page!Ugly Alert! Avocado Green Console Table To Restoration Hardware Style Beauty I have a love affair with anything from Restoration Hardware. But in true love affair style, someone always gets hurt. In this case it’s my wallet! Anytime I can rekindle the romance with very little $, I’m all for it! I found this {Read More…}

DIY Fabric Bulletin Board from a Thrift Store Drawer

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Share This Page!DIY Fabric Bulletin Board from a Thrift Store Drawer I am slowing but surely clearing out my stash of projects that I have piled up in my garage. I have some bigger furniture pieces left to refinish but I have lots of small projects to do too. I’ve had 2 random drawers from {Read More…}

Be. YOU. Tiful Link Party #60

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Share This Page!Hello and Welcome back friends, to our weekly Lifestyle Link Party! It’s the perfect place for us fashion, health, fitness, design, and lifestyle bloggers to meet up and share and encourage one another! Can’t wait to share with you our favorite from last week’s link party. Maybe I Will | Chic California | {Read More…}

Be. YOU. Tiful Link Party #59

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Share This Page! Be. YOU. Tiful Link Party #59 Maybe I Will | Chic California | The Happy Gal | Fry Sauce & Grits Maybe I Will | 5 Tips for Staying On Track While Traveling Chic California| Baby Update The Happy Gal | 10 Easy Ways To Add Veggies To Your Diet Fry Sauce {Read More…}

Baby Update

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Share This Page!Baby Update I know I promised that this wouldn’t become a baby blog. But some of you have been checking in with me and asked how things have been going with my pregnancy. Well, let me just say that things are going. I’m in my second trimester which I know is supposed to {Read More…}

Be. YOU. tiful Link Party #58

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Share This Page!Be. YOU. tiful Link Party #58 Maybe I Will | Chic California | The Happy Gal | Fry Sauce & Grits Maybe I Will | Find Balance By Making MEtime A Priority Chic California| The Easiest Thrift Store Project Ever The Happy Gal | Tips to Get Your Kids Eating Healthier Fry Sauce {Read More…}

The Easiest Thrift Store Project Ever!

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Share This Page!The Easiest Thrift Store Project Ever! By now you should all know that I love collecting and decorating with globes and maps. I think there is something so cool about them. And as a bonus the colors usually match my decor. I can’t resist picking up globes when I find them at garage {Read More…}

My Pick For Color of the Year

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Share This Page!My Pick For Color of the Year Recently, Pantone came out with the color of the year for 2015. My reaction is the same now as when I first saw it a few weeks ago. Yuck! Really, what were they thinking? Maybe some people like it, but I find it a very unflattering {Read More…}

Before and After: Milk Paint Dresser in Galvanized

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Share This Page!Before and After: Milk Paint Dresser in Galvanized Happy Friday! Sometimes a piece of furniture doesn’t need a full on makeover, it just needs to be freshened up. This was definitely the case with this dresser! You might recognize it from the before pictures of my guest room that I am giving a {Read More…}

Be. YOU. Tiful Link Party #57

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Share This Page!Be. YOU. Tiful Link Party #57 Welcome back friends! Last week we had so many fantastic link ups it was really hard to chose our favorites. I am looking forward to seeing what you have in store this week. Don’t forget to follow your hostesses on Facebook this week and we’d love it if {Read More…}

Restoration Hardware DIY Vintage Style Books

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Share This Page!Restoration Hardware DIY Vintage Style Books After an appointment yesterday morning I found a few spare minutes to pop into my favorite home decor stores. One of them being Restoration Hardware. I couldn’t help but notice all the vintage books they use in their styling. They fill jars and wooden bowls and create {Read More…}

Paper Mache Love Letters: Valentine’s Day Craft

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Share This Page!Paper Mache Love Letters Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and I have to admit that I have been slacking in the decorating department. I usually decorate a little for every holiday but I have been preoccupied with other projects. So my front door remains bare and most of my Valentine’s Day decorations remain {Read More…}

Be. YOU. Tiful Link Party #56

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Share This Page!Be. YOU. Tiful Link Party #56 Is it Thursday already? This week is going by so quickly. I haven’t been sticking with my usual blogging schedule this week and I apologize. I got knocked down by a terrible cold this week and I’m just starting to feel better. And as you know, Moms {Read More…}

How I Found My Paint Color Inspiration

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Share This Page!Finding My Paint Color Inspiration Help! I’m drowning in paint color samples. Permission from our landlord to do some painting around the house combined with my nesting tendencies right now has made paint colors take over. I have small paint chips, large paint chips and homemade paint chips (paint samples on poster board) {Read More…}

Be. YOU. Tiful Link Party #55

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Share This Page! Maybe I Will | Chic California | The Happy Gal | Fry Sauce & Grits Maybe I Will | When It’s Time to Make a Change Chic California | Vintage Style Tags The Happy Gal | Nutrient Dense Foods Fry Sauce and Grits | Valentine’s Day Candy Bouquet Maybe I Will’s Favorite {Read More…}

Be. YOU. Tiful Link Party #54

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Share This Page!Be. YOU. Tiful Link Party #54 Happy Thursday! I thought I would give you my own State of the Union today! I’ve had a lot of new friends sign up for my newsletter this past week and I just wanted to fill you in on link parties. So for those of you that {Read More…}

Vintage Style Tags

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Share This Page!Vintage Style Tags Good news! I now have the Pewter Vintage Style Tags that I used on my Dollar Store DIY: Vintage Style Locker Bins available in my store. The bad news… I have a very limited number available. So if you want some tags you have to act fast. I had no {Read More…}

Vintage Style Baby Boy Nursery

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Share This Page!Vintage Style Baby Boy Nursery Just a quick update today on all the rearranging plans that are happening here. My office/craft room is going to be moving into the guest room closet. Yes, the closet! You can see the plan here. Meanwhile this week, I am playing around with paint colors for my {Read More…}

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